The Boulder Ruckle is the showpiece trad crag of Swanage, and getting-to-grips with a climb on it will be a highlight for many climbers\' who savour exhilarating climbing in an adventurous setting. The Ruckle, as it is affectionately known, runs westwards from Subluminal, unbroken for over a kilometre and, at over forty metres in height, it offers fear, exhilaration and many sensationally-positioned routes along its full length. The grade range from HS to E7 will appeal to many, however the seriousness of the free-hanging approach abseils, the difficulties of escape and broken finishes means that it is an option only for teams experienced in operating in this environment. Fortunately, protection possibilities are usually in good supply with the unrelenting steepness of the rock accounting for the grade on most climbs, rather than any great technical difficulty. So, for those in search of an adventurous mission, check the weather forecast, don a helmet, dust off the prusik loops and prepare to do battle on some extraordinary atmospheric classics with little likelihood of having to queue.
Order | Climb | Buttress | Stars | Grade |
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1 |
The Roaring Forties | Lean Machine Wall | 1 | E2 5c |
2 |
Sirius | Lean Machine Wall | 2 | E3 5b |
3 |
Wild at Heart | Lean Machine Wall | E4 6a | |
4 |
Punks in Power | Lean Machine Wall | 3 | E6 6b |
5 |
The Lean Machine | Lean Machine Wall | 3 | E5 6a |
6 |
Surge Control | Lean Machine Wall | 3 | E5 6b |
7 |
Buzz Cocked | Lean Machine Wall | 1 | E6 6b |
8 |
Green Machine | Lean Machine Wall | 2 | E5 6a |
9 |
The Roaring Boys | Lean Machine Wall | 3 | E7 6b |
10 |
Charge of the Wild Horsemen | Lean Machine Wall | E1 5b | |
11 |
Charge of the Light Brigade | Lean Machine Wall | E1 5b | |
1 |
Le Jaune Mechanique | Ocean Boulevard Wall | 1 | E4 5c |
2 |
Barracuda | Ocean Boulevard Wall | 3 | E4 5c |
3 |
Tuna Lick | Ocean Boulevard Wall | 1 | E5 6a |
4 |
Ocean Boulevard | Ocean Boulevard Wall | 3 | E3 5b |
5 |
Mother Africa | Ocean Boulevard Wall | 3 | E4 6a |
6 |
The Great Hunter House Milk Robbery | Ocean Boulevard Wall | 2 | E5 6a |
7 |
Wall of the Worlds | Ocean Boulevard Wall | 3 | E5 6a |
8 |
The Last Hurrah of the Golden Horde | Ocean Boulevard Wall | 1 | E3 5c |
9 |
The Ramp | Ocean Boulevard Wall | HS 4a | |
10 |
Indian Pacific | Ocean Boulevard Wall | 2 | E5 6a |
11 |
The First Och Aye of the Tartan Army | Ocean Boulevard Wall | 1 | E3 5b |
12 |
Screaming Blue Messiah | Ocean Boulevard Wall | E4 6a | |
13 |
Queen of Carp | Ocean Boulevard Wall | E5 6b | |
1 |
Jericho Groove | Aventura Area | 1 | HS 4b |
2 |
Black Sunshine | Aventura Area | 1 | HVS 5a |
3 |
Dark Side of the Sun | Aventura Area | 2 | E1 5b |
4 |
Nassty Spider | Aventura Area | 1 | E2 5c |
5 |
Aventura | Aventura Area | 2 | HVS 4c |
6 |
Death is a Gift | Aventura Area | 1 | HVS 5a |
7 |
Judgement Day | Aventura Area | E2 5c | |
8 |
Bottomless Buttress | Aventura Area | 2 | HS 4b |
1 |
Silhouette Arete | Relax and Swing Area | 2 | VS 4c |
2 |
The Fin | Relax and Swing Area | 2 | E5 6a |
3 |
Cima Petite | Relax and Swing Area | 2 | E4 6a |
4 |
Sun Streets | Relax and Swing Area | 1 | E2 5b |
5 |
Snowdrop | Relax and Swing Area | 1 | E1 5b |
6 |
St Elmo's Firé | Relax and Swing Area | 2 | E3 5c |
7 |
Thunderball | Relax and Swing Area | 3 | E1 5b |
8 |
Jo | Relax and Swing Area | 3 | HVS 5a |
9 |
Thor | Relax and Swing Area | 1 | HVS 5b |
10 |
Relax and Swing | Relax and Swing Area | 3 | E5 6a |
11 |
Sardine Special | Relax and Swing Area | 1 | E5 6b |
12 |
Jug Index | Relax and Swing Area | 1 | E4 6b |
1 |
Future Primitive | The Grim Reaper Area | 1 | E4 6b |
2 |
The Asp | The Grim Reaper Area | 2 | VS 4c |
3 |
Prayers for Rain | The Grim Reaper Area | 1 | E3 5c |
4 |
The Grim Reaper | The Grim Reaper Area | 1 | E1 5a |
5 |
Alas, Poor Yorick | The Grim Reaper Area | 1 | E4 6a |
6 |
Scythe | The Grim Reaper Area | E3 5b | |
7 |
Razor Blade Smile | The Grim Reaper Area | 1 | E5 6c |
8 |
Blow the House Down | The Grim Reaper Area | 1 | E3 5c |
9 |
Gold Fever | The Grim Reaper Area | 1 | E4 5c |
1 |
Larus | Buccaneer Area | E1 5b | |
2 |
Joe 90 | Buccaneer Area | 2 | E5 6a |
3 |
Flying Finish | Buccaneer Area | 1 | E2 5b |
4 |
Billy Pigg | Buccaneer Area | 2 | E1 5b |
5 |
Rattler | Buccaneer Area | 2 | E1 5b |
6 |
Fish Supper | Buccaneer Area | 2 | E3 5c |
7 |
Sinbad | Buccaneer Area | 2 | E1 5b |
8 |
Mickey Mouse | Buccaneer Area | 3 | E3 6a |
9 |
Buccaneer | Buccaneer Area | 3 | E2 5b |
10 |
Cutlass | Buccaneer Area | 1 | E5 6a |
11 |
Bosun's Wall | Buccaneer Area | 1 | HVS 5a |
12 |
Sheerline | Buccaneer Area | 1 | VS 4c |
1 |
Diagonal | Finale Groove Area | 1 | HVS 5a |
2 |
High Tide and Green Grass | Finale Groove Area | 1 | VS 5a |
3 |
No Diagonal | Finale Groove Area | 1 | HVS 5a |
4 |
Koo-koo | Finale Groove Area | 1 | E2 5c |
5 |
RIP | Finale Groove Area | 1 | HVS 4c |
6 |
Headstone | Finale Groove Area | 2 | E3 6a |
7 |
Wide Awake in America | Finale Groove Area | 2 | E6 6b |
8 |
Sweet and Sour | Finale Groove Area | 1 | VS 4c |
9 |
Boatpusher's Arete | Finale Groove Area | 2 | E5 6a |
10 |
Finale Groove | Finale Groove Area | 3 | HVS 4c |
11 |
'B' Line | Finale Groove Area | 2 | VS 5a |
12 |
Buzz Light Year | Finale Groove Area | 2 | E1 5b |
13 |
Sweet SA | Finale Groove Area | 2 | VS 5a |
14 |
All Guns Blazing | Finale Groove Area | 1 | E3 6a |
15 |
Sea Lion | Finale Groove Area | 1 | HVS 5a |
16 |
The Heidelberg Creature | Finale Groove Area | 2 | HVS 4c |
17 |
Children of the Sun | Finale Groove Area | 2 | E2 5b |
1 |
The Tool | Marmolata Area | 2 | E2 5b |
2 |
The Tool (The Bad Workman Finish) | Marmolata Area | E3 5b | |
3 |
Man or Muppet | Marmolata Area | 1 | E2 5c |
4 |
Bert and Ernie | Marmolata Area | 2 | E2 5b |
5 |
Tatra | Marmolata Area | 2 | E1 5b |
6 |
Marmolata Arete | Marmolata Area | 1 | E4 6a |
7 |
Marmolata Buttress | Marmolata Area | 2 | E3 5c |
8 |
Marmolata Combination | Marmolata Area | 2 | E1 5b |
9 |
Director's Groove/Ashes and Diamonds Combination | Marmolata Area | 1 | HVS 5a |
1 |
Director's Groove | Lightning Wall Area | 1 | HVS 5a |
2 |
Lightning Wall | Lightning Wall Area | 3 | HVS 5a |
3 |
Elysium | Lightning Wall Area | 3 | E1 5b |
4 |
Brisingamen | Lightning Wall Area | 1 | E5 6b |
5 |
Singing Winds | Lightning Wall Area | 2 | E4 6a |
6 |
Dune Dust | Lightning Wall Area | 3 | E4 6a |
7 |
Thunder Groove | Lightning Wall Area | 2 | HVS 5b |
8 |
Gypsy | Lightning Wall Area | 3 | E2 5b |
9 |
Waltz | Lightning Wall Area | 2 | E5 6b |
10 |
Strongbow | Lightning Wall Area | 3 | E1 5b |
11 |
Vortices | Lightning Wall Area | 2 | E2 5c |
12 |
The Mace | Lightning Wall Area | 2 | E5 6b |
13 |
The Adventures of Portland Bill | Lightning Wall Area | 3 | E2 5b |
14 |
Aquarius | Lightning Wall Area | 2 | E3 5c |
15 |
Montezuma | Lightning Wall Area | 1 | E5 6a |
16 |
Acapulco | Lightning Wall Area | 2 | E4 6a |
17 |
The Planet | Lightning Wall Area | 2 | E3 5c |
18 |
White Dwarf | Lightning Wall Area | 1 | E2 5c |
19 |
Ximenes | Lightning Wall Area | 3 | E2 5c |
20 |
Gimcrack | Lightning Wall Area | 1 | VS 4b |
1 |
October Lady | Old Faithful Area | 2 | E1 5b |
2 |
Ice Queen | Old Faithful Area | 2 | E5 6a |
3 |
Sun King | Old Faithful Area | 2 | E4 6a |
4 |
Jasper | Old Faithful Area | 1 | HVS 4c |
5 |
Via Concordia | Old Faithful Area | 1 | E2 5b |
6 |
Nunentity | Old Faithful Area | 2 | HVS 5a |
7 |
Big Bertha | Old Faithful Area | 1 | E2 5c |
8 |
Old Faithful | Old Faithful Area | 2 | VS 4c |
9 |
Baker's Dozen | Old Faithful Area | 1 | VS 5a |
10 |
Argo | Old Faithful Area | 2 | HVS 5a |
11 |
The Golden Fleece | Old Faithful Area | 2 | HVS 5a |
12 |
Moose's Tooth | Old Faithful Area | 2 | E3 6a |
1 |
Behemoth | Behemoth Area | 3 | HVS 5a |
2 |
Soul Sacrifice | Behemoth Area | 3 | E3 5c |
3 |
On Life's Edge | Behemoth Area | 1 | E5 6a |
4 |
White Horse | Behemoth Area | 1 | E2 5b |
5 |
Kingdom Come | Behemoth Area | 2 | E6 6b |
6 |
Dublin Packet | Behemoth Area | 2 | HVS 5b |
7 |
Anger is an Energy | Behemoth Area | 1 | E5 6b |
8 |
Sparky | Behemoth Area | 1 | E5 6b |
9 |
Let the Punka Burn | Behemoth Area | 1 | E3 6a |
10 |
Too Precious | Behemoth Area | 2 | E6 6b |
11 |
Prudence | Behemoth Area | 2 | HVS 5b |
12 |
Ganymede | Behemoth Area | 2 | E1 5b |
13 |
Galileo | Behemoth Area | E3 5c | |
14 |
In the Heat of the Night | Behemoth Area | 1 | E1 5c |
15 |
Callisto | Behemoth Area | 1 | HVS 5b |
1 |
Insectitude | Airy Legs Area | 1 | VS 4c |
2 |
Airy Legs | Airy Legs Area | 2 | VS 4c |
3 |
Insecticide | Airy Legs Area | 1 | E2 5b |
4 |
Nutcracker Exit II | Airy Legs Area | 2 | HVS 4c |
5 |
Warriors | Airy Legs Area | 2 | E1 5b |
6 |
War | Airy Legs Area | 2 | E1 5b |
7 |
Intersection | Airy Legs Area | 2 | S 4a |
8 |
The Nutcracker Traverse | Airy Legs Area | 1 | S 4a |
9 |
Subnutcracker | Airy Legs Area | 1 | HS 4a |
10 |
The Long Goodbye | Airy Legs Area | 1 | HVS 4c |
11 |
Seventh Wave | Airy Legs Area | 2 | VS 5a |
12 |
Second Sight | Airy Legs Area | 1 | VS 5a |
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